Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperaggressive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-ag-gres-sive
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely aggressive

Example Sentences

"A lot of this was bravado, of course, friends showing off for friends in the disaffected, hyperaggressive macho style that now predominates among France’s disenfranchised suburban young."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive English hyperaggressive From hyper- + aggressive.

Inflected Forms

more hyperaggressive (comparative) most hyperaggressive (superlative)

Derived Forms

hyperaggressively hyperaggressiveness

Frequently Paired Words

hyperaggression

Rhymes With

impressive progressive aggressive past progressive future progressive present progressive past perfect progressive future perfect progressive excessive successive passive-aggressive oppressive

Questions

What does hyperaggressive mean?: Extremely aggressive
Where does hyperaggressive come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive English hyperaggressive From hyper- + aggressive.

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